Hackathons… all the cool kids are doing them! Yes indeed, with the plethora of opendata being made available to the masses there’s no better way to get started than to hack. You know, a group of geeks gets together over pizza, beer and redbull, downloads a ton of data, cracks open their favorite SDKs, APIs […]
Time to Code Canada! The Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE) Hackathon #GCA4
The Canadian Open Data Experience – CODE – is a 48 hour nationwide hackathon where innovators compete to build the best open data apps! — Taking a completely new approach to the creation of teams for this first national open data hackathon, CODE participants can create a team online and in a second step select […]
GeoDev Tip – MapCamp + GeoDev MeetUp PDX
Something for the PacNW GeoGeeks and Geo Devs… Hackathons were Hot in 2013 and 2014 is starting off with a very cool hackathon on Jan 10 – enter MapCamp Portland. About the event… MapCamp will bring a two-day hackathon and pre-party networking event to ISITE Design that rewards teams and individuals that make the best […]
DevSummit 13' Videos and DevSummit 2014, Save the Date
The EDN gang in Redlands CA and in other hot spots around the US, like D.C and Portland, are busy prepping for Esri DevSummit 2014 which will take place, as usual, in Palm Springs, CA – Save the Date, March 10-13 – you might want to think about nagging the boss for a ticket to […]
LIFTTT for iOS and Android – incorporate location triggers into your IFTTT recipes
Something very awesome for you IFTTT fans, a new location trigger that you cook into your recipes thanks to LIFTTT (thanks James for the tip about this one). This via theNextWeb… Visual Candy, the developer behind auto-Foursquare app Uber Checkin, has released a new app for tracking your location, this time through automation service IFTTT. […]
LizardTech Bringing User Group Meets to D.C, Baltimore, and Philly in November
Yes indeed, the gang from Seattle is on the road again this month and making stops in several cities on the right coast including D.C, Baltimore, and Philly. Take advantage of this event to join in and take in a user group (awesome networking opportunity) where you can network and learn with your peers.
Samsung and WIP Ask, Are You Ready to Hack?
What would a developer conference be without a hackathon? WIP has teamed up with Samsung to produce the official hackathon of the Samsung Developer Conference.
WhereCampPDX 6 – Save the Date, Sept 27-29
Yes indeed, the hipsters in PDX are doing it again, this will make #6 as WhereCamp PDX is scheduled to take place late in September in Portland, OR. About the event – WhereCampPDX is a free, annual unconference for people interested in geography and related technologies. This year’s WhereCampPDX will be happening September 27–29 at […]
Esri and ICMA to Host Hackstock Hackathon for #LocalGov
Esri, ICMA, and MindMixer encourage developers, coders, and students in the New England area to participate in Hackstock for #LocalGov. ICMA’s government members have agreed to provide sample datasets to fuel the day’s hacking activities. Esri staff will create portals in ArcGIS Online for participants to access in addition to providing free mobile software development […]
Options for Developers with ArcGIS 10.2
Loads of updates from Redlands recently as team Esri rolls out ArcGIS 10.2. The company officially announced that 10.2 is shipping and they are boasting the ease of use and enhanced web publishing capabilities (think WebGIS) – be sure to see also this Top 10 Features of ArcGIS 10.2 List! Along with the release there’s […]